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Gerrard's Bromley Hall - the porch

The porch, or portico, of Gerrard's Bromley Hall (built around 1575).
The porch has a stone dated 1584.
The house was demolished in 1750s.
The porch survives.
It was moved to a wood S of Batchacre Hall, Shebdon, Staffordshire (some distance S of Gerrard's Bromley Hall).

Gerrard's Bromley Hall.
From 1686 print.

Close-up of the porch in 1686 print.

Location of porch, S of Batchacre Hall.
From old map. Revised: 1900. Published: 1903.
An earlier map incorrectly had date 1548.
See modern map.

The surviving porch.
Photo from "The Gerard Coat of Arms", Transactions of the North Staffs Field Club, vol 59, pp.94-103, 1924-25.
See full size.

The porch of Gerrard's Bromley Hall today, in the woods S of Batchacre Hall.
Photo 2018. See full size.
See wider shot.
See arms.
See side view.